Rake-cleaner



(No Mo r lei.)

, W. H. GREEN.

RAKE CLEANER.

No. 588,330. Patented Aug. 17,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT- @FFICE.

VVILLIAMII. GREEN, OF STREATOR, ILLINOIS.

RAKE-CLEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,330, dated August 17, 1897.

Application filed June 27, 1896. Serial No. 597,169. (No model.)

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cleaning attachments for rakes wherein the rake-teeth extend through perforations in a plate attached to the rake-head in such a manner as to be vibrated back and forth to remove the clinging matter.

My object is to provide a more desirable de vice than those hitherto used; and to this end my invention consists in the peculiar features and combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

represents a perspective view of my complete invention, and Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof in which the dotted lines denote the clearing device depressed as in the act of clearing the teeth from accumulations.

The reference-numeral 1 represents an ordinary rake-head secured in the end of a handle 2 by a pair of branching arms 3, cast integral with the head and the teeth 4:. The clearing device consists of a plate 5, provided with a series of transversely-elongated perforations 6, through which the teeth extend. This clearing-plate is cast integral to the end of pivoted arm or lever 7, which is made concave to correspond with the rounded surface of the handle, to which it is attached. The fulcrum of the arm or lever 7 is denoted by the reference-numeral 8, and it consists of pins or studs fastened in the sides of the hanis depressed, as shown in ing-plate, and lugs being cast in an integral piece for the sake of greater convenience and cheapness in manufacture and strength and durability in use.

The clearing-plate is held normally against the under side of the head 1 by means of a flat spring 10, fastened at one end to the inner extremity of the lever by a rivet 11, the other end being arranged to press against the under side of the handle at a point between the lugs 9. By this means a neat and effective righting-spring is provided. F

It will be observed that the lever is located upon the under side of the rake-handle. This is done for the purpose of placing the lever in position to be operated by the left hand of the operatorwhile using the rake, for it is customary to grasp a rake-handle with the right hand above the left.

To facilitate the operation of moving the plate to'clear the teeth, an additionaldevice, I consisting of a pin 12, is provided. This pin In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1.

is secured to and projects upward from the center of the outside edge of the clearingplate and at right angles to the plane of the lever. It is obvious that the striking of this pin upon a'solid object will operate the plate.

The pin is given a length sufficient to allow wardlyin the arc of the circle in which the stance, the rake can be turned over and the plate forced with greater power by bringing the end of the pin 12 in contact with some solid object.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a clearing attachment for rakes, the combination with a suitable handle, rakehead and arc-shaped teeth, of a clearing-plate, a lever for actuating the plate, said lever being provided with lugs fuleruined on the handle, and a spring interposed between the handle and the lever to hold the latter away from the handle, substantially as described.

2. In a clearing attachment for rakes, the combination with a suitable handle, rakehead and are-shaped teeth, of a clearing-plate having transverselyelongated perforations, a lever on the under side of the handle for actuatingthe said plate, said lever being concaved to conform with the exterior of the handle and having lugs bent upward from its opposite sides to embrace the handle, said lugs being fulerumed to the opposite sides of the latter, and a spring having one end attached to the end of the lever and the other end adapted to bear against the handle to hold the lever in its normal position, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. GREEN.

lVitnesses:

J. A. SUToLIFFE,

HARRY CARROLL. 

